Eastern Maine Open Tournament Report
10.24.12 Jarod Bryan and Max Berube shared first place with a score of 3.5/4 in the 2012 Eastern Maine Open held at the University of Maine on September 29th, 2012. Here's the illustrated tournament report with USCF crosstables.
Thanks to Tom Sandford for contributing to this report.
Twenty three players competed in the 2012 Eastern Maine Open held at the University of Maine in Orono on Saturday September 29th, 2012. In this next-to-last Maine Chess Player of the Year event, competition was strong among the 2012 leaders with the average rating for the Open section at USCF 1717.
Open Section
Jarod Bryan and Max Berube shared first place with a score of 3.5/4 and both drew against Roger Morin. With those two draws, Morin finished with a tie for third (3.0/4.0) with Arnold Clark whose only defeat was by Jarod Bryan. Max Berube vaulted over the 1800 rating level for the first time to 1836 to become a USCF Class A player.
U1400 Section
George Spahn did not lose a game to take the U1400 Section with a score of 4.0/4.0. Bill Childs, Brian Roderick and Ian Youth tied for second with a score of 2.0/4.0.
U1000 Section
Nicholas Kawamura, Stuart MacKay and Reid Rauch tied for first place with a score of 2.0/4.0.
Tournament Co-champion Max Berube (right) plays third place finisher Roger Morin to a draw in round two.
Arnold Clark scored 3.0 points and finished equal third with Morin.
Mr. B as he is known in chess circles: Lance Beloungie.
Curt Bock, with trademark concentration, focuses on the position at hand.
Daniel Hayes
Chess player and concert musician: Yuri Riabkov
Brian Hurst (right) on the move in his game vs Aaron Spencer.
Bradley Workman (right) plays Roger Hardison.
George Spahn (right), here playing Brian Roderick, took home the only perfect score of the day scoring 4.0 points in the U1400 section.
Bill Loring scored 1.5 points in the U1400 section.
Stuart MacKay scored 2.0 points in the U1000 section to tie for first with Nicholas Kawamura and Reid Rauch.
Co-champion of the U1000 section: Nicholas Kawamura
Reid Rauch
John Jones (right) takes on Ian Youth.
Bill Childs plays in his fist USCF tournament.
